3 Types Of Lymphedema Sore, aching, and even a slight amount of swelling in your legs is one thing if you’ve just run a marathon or ultra-marathon. However, if you or your child are experiencing frequent and chronic swelling, pain, or discomfort in one— or both, in some cases— of your arms or legs, then [...]
Are Compression Stockings Good For Athletes? If there’s one stigma that surrounds compression stockings, it’s that they’re only for elderly individuals who live a primarily sedentary lifestyle. And because athletes are clearly active, it may sound a bit absurd to think that they could actually benefit from wearing compression stockings. However, recent research and studies [...]
Varicose Veins Getting You Down? How To Lose Weight And Your Veins This Thanksgiving Varicose veins are caused by a variety of different things and can impact patients who are overweight. If you fall into both of these categories, Dr. Heeringa at Northern Michigan Vein Specialists may recommend that you start treatment out by losing [...]
Life Changes: 2 Occasions Where You’re More Susceptible To Getting Varicose Veins “I love having large, red and purple veins that run up and down my legs,” said no one ever. Varicose veins are a condition that causes large, raised, blue or purplish veins to occur primarily across your legs. If you have a family [...]
Up Close And Personal: The Benefits Of Venous Ultrasounds You may think that varicose and spider veins are easy to detect and you’d be right. However, the root of the problem isn’t always quite as easy. Here at Northern Michigan Vein Specialists, Dr. Heeringa likes to use a diagnostic tool called a venous ultrasound to [...]
A Pain In The Vein: What Your Veins Are Trying To Tell You There are certain parts of your body where it’s fairly normal to experience pain on occasion: your ankle after running, your wrist after doing too many pushups, your eyes after staring at a screen for too long, and your head after a [...]
Exercise And Varicose Veins: What To Know Nothing can be quite as embarrassing as getting ready for bikini season only to look down at your legs and see a swarm of varicose veins. If you are working out to get your body ready for the beach, you might be able to help your varicose veins [...]
3 Tips On How To Properly Wear And Care For Compression Stockings If you have varicose veins, you know not only how painful they can be at times but also how painfully obvious they can look when you show some skin. To start out, we encourage our patients to take a non-invasive approach to getting [...]
The Vein Of Your Existence: Are Varicose Veins Hereditary? There are some great things that can be passed on from a parent to a child including hair color, eye color, height, and even your intellectual ability in some cases. However, there are other things that are a bit more unfortunate to pass on from person [...]
3 Life Changes To Help With Your Veins Before you know it, the new year will be here and your friends and family will be gathering around making New Year’s resolutions. And although you can make some sort of resolution that isn’t going to benefit you and your health, consider making one that will help [...]
